Opinion Journal: Breaking Down the $1.1 Trillion Budget

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on Saturday the Senate ... passed a one point one trillion dollars spending bill ... but that wasn't in use in their ... editorial page editor Paul to go stays with me now that is the ... isthe its aural they essentially said ... look it's not all bad ... to worse on reforms in there ... I explained to slow the process was and it was jammed through is presented as a fait accompli to ... the Republican ... and Democratic members vote for us both for this we'll shut down the government and you'll be going at some point ... without the winter and Congress ... and hope the Republicans take that lesson least give more time for these bills to see the light of day ... and I don't think they should autonomous pills ... to break these down and individual ... tales but the were some good things in it including of for a form of multiemployer pension plans which is a huge deal because it has potential to ... to delay or ... avoid taxpayer bailout of the pension benefit Guaranty Corporation the multi billions of dollars ... as these multiemployer plans which are are caricatured Industries ... I was involving several companies ... those started to fail was that it looks like they wanted ... then you have a problem ... and this allows the trustees of those pension plans to cut benefits by war ... it becomes a crisis so that's a very good for the second a Christmas miracle meanwhile that I usually think of where Congress is going to go to prevent the bailout right in their us exactly and are some other good things of that particular there are some ... limits on ... the water ... regulation by the EPA that's a good thing ... there some cuts to ... certain federal agencies like the IRS ... I'll which has earned a cut ... in its payments for its of ... budget for ... harassing conservatives of ... conservative groups ... so there there are a number of other good things in the bill it's not a perfect bill in the process stopped but ... um this is at least if ... the chance were at the time were Republicans ... and we will be use the power the purse ... the influence of policy decisions now debate when a little longer than expected dad Ted Cruz and others wanted to take a statement on immigration that ... all I guess that means he really is running for president ... well he wants to attack and hit an all signs that he either no one else that the of this does jester was supposed to prove other than that he wanted to ... come away and say see I am learning ... that ... Alf like this because I don't know the did publish details other than to give Harry Reid the chance ... to ... to get some nominees all very very very briefly we hear alot about gridlock in Washington but ... there was bipartisan consensus in bipartisan reforms in this bill Zach didn't help ... that in the hundred fourteenth Congress might actually get something done ... well I think there could be there's a real opportunity because so ... we've seen before we saw the Reagan years we saw in the Clinton years that the bipartisan ... of cooperation can sometimes get the hard decisions may ... because you give political cover for them ... now the question will be what ... helps leopard will President Obama be his last two years ... how you think we know the answer that he has not been quiet for two ... in the last four years with Republicans running the house now ... that the Red House and Senate ... will see if he's learned anything and wants to wants to ... accomplish something for is lazy and I guess we'll see ... editoral page editor Paul to go for her to figure out where this present come out of ... it is oh is this I think you so much for joining us